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5. On the other hand, Sir J. Cowperthwaite felt that
the presentation had been rather perfunctory and that he
was therefore entitled to ask probing questions before
embarking on the presentation of his own case.
He also,
I suspect, felt that the US side might have had the
feeling (perhaps only subconsciously) that they need not
bother overmuch when talking to Hong Kong since the policy
in any case was decided in London.
L. Whatever may have been the basic cause of the ill
feeling, Mr. Stans was obviously very annoyed at the treatment
which he had received. Just before the lunch given by the
American Consul General in his honour, he took me on one side
and said that he wanted to tell me that his reception in
Hong Kong was the worst he had received in all the eleven
countries which he had visited. Naturally there was room
for different views about the problem which he had come to
discuss but there were different ways of presenting these
views and he felt that the reception given to him reflected
a rather arrogant attitude. He wanted me to say this to
Sir J. Cowperthwaite and to "your Government". He himself
did not propose to pursue the matter further.
7. I warned Sir J. Cowperthwaite of Mr. Stans' reaction
to the meeting and suggested that since he would be sitting
next to Mr. Stans at lunch, he might wish to consider whether
I do not know
he should try to mend his fences with him.
whether he was able to do so.
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